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Police: Clerk shoots, kills robber in Towson

A liquor store clerk shoots and kills a robbery suspect that entered his store Monday evening in Towson, Baltimore County police said. Two people entered Towson Wine & Spirits in the unit block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 7 p.m.., police said. One of the robbers had a handgun and the 68-year-old clerk shot him multiple times. That robber was pronounced dead a short time later while another suspect got away.

A liquor store clerk shoots and kills a robbery suspect that entered his store Monday evening in Towson, Baltimore County police said. Two people entered Towson Wine & Spirits in the unit block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 7 p.m.., police said. One of the robbers had a handgun and the 68-year-old clerk shot him multiple times. That robber was pronounced dead a short time later while another suspect got away.

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Updated: 5:21 AM EST Dec 8, 2015

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WEBVTT STAN : AND DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR AN ALL-OUT BAN ON MUSLIMS IN THE UNITED STATES. DONNA: AND ONE SUSPECT IS DEAD. THEY SAY A LIQUOR STORE EMPLOYEE IS THE ONE WHO SHOT THE WOULD-BE ROBBER. STAN: AND WE ARE LIVE WITH 11 NEWS REPORTER VANESSA HERRING IN TOWSON TONIGHT. VANESSA? VANESSA: THIS INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY, AND IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE SECOND SUSPECT IS ARMED. HE GOT AWAY. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY THAT TURNED DEADLY IS NOW UNDERWAY. CRIME SCENE TAPE IS UNUSUAL ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN TOWSON. TWO SUSPECTS ENTERED THE TOWSON WINE AND SPIRITS. VANESSA: THEY SAID THE ROBBERS ANNOUNCED THERE WAS A ROBBERY IN PROCESS. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED A GUN. VANESSA: THE CLERK STARTED SHOOTING. AND SHOT ONE OF THE MEN IN THE UPPER BODY AREA. THE SUSPECT WHO WAS SHOT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSED. VANESSA: HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE OTHER IS STILL MISSING. THEY ARE ACTIVELY SEARCHING THE AREA FOR THAT SUSPECT. VANESSA: POLICE DO NOT HAVE MUCH OF A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY DO NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD DESCRIPTION. THE ONLY THING WE KNOW IS THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD A HOODED SWEATSHIRT PULLED OVER HIS HEAD. IT IS BETTER TO ASSUME HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW. THE NASA: POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA ARE IN DANGER. THE CLERK THAT FIRED THE SHOT,

Police: Clerk shoots, kills robber in Towson

A liquor store clerk shoots and kills a robbery suspect that entered his store Monday evening in Towson, Baltimore County police said. Two people entered Towson Wine & Spirits in the unit block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 7 p.m.., police said. One of the robbers had a handgun and the 68-year-old clerk shot him multiple times. That robber was pronounced dead a short time later while another suspect got away.